Jelle Sels and Adrien Gobat will play each other in the 2^nd round of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on JEAN JAURES. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jelle Sels who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jelle Sels is the pick to win this match.
Jelle Sels -> 1.65
Adrien Gobat -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Jelle Sels vs. Adrien Gobat

There is no head to head record between Jelle Sels and Adrien Gobat since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Jelle Sels

Ranked no. 367, the Dutch got to the 2^nd round after beating Antoine Escoffier 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Sels had a good straight sets win against Escoffier (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sels scored 72 points vs Escoffier’s 62. Jelle was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sels scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jelle Sels was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jelle broke Escoffier 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Sels has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (312-242). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sels has an aggregate 70-66 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Dutch has a composed 4-7 win-loss record in 2025, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Jelle has never competed in this tournament before.

Adrien Gobat

Ranked no. 889, Adrien reached the 2^nd round after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 4-6 6-3 6-4, Florian Broska 6-3 3-6 6-4 and Paul Jubb 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Jubb (6-3 6-4). During the match Gobat scored 67 points vs Jubb’s 54. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Gobat blasted 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Adrien Gobat lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gobat put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Jubb 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Adrien has a compiled 20-8 win-loss record in 2025, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sels	Gobat
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	2	8
Tot Games	20	76
Pts	72-62	250-228
Total Points	134	478
Winners	26	105
%Winners	36%	42%

Sels played 1 match while Gobat competed in 3 matches. Gobat started his run from the qualifications while Sels had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Adrien Gobat lost 2 sets while Jelle Sels hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sels has played 6 set(s) less than Gobat (2 vs 8). Therefore, Sels played 56 games less than Gobat. Jelle scored 26 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gobat bagged 105 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sels	Gobat
Aces	1	13
Avg per match	1	4.3
1st in	36/60	150/258
%1st in	60%	58%
1st pts	26/36	105/150
%1st pts	72%	70%
2nd pts	14/24	61/108
%2nd pts	58%	56%

Sels struck 1 ace . Gobat also fired 13 aces (4.3 per match). Sels won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Gobat won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Sels	Gobat
Won	4	9
Converted	4/11	9/22
% Converted	36%	41%
Conceded	7	21
Saved	5	16
% Saved	71%	76%
Times Broken	2	5

Sels broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Gobat broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Gobat conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.

Sels
	R1 Escoffier	Total
Score	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	72-62	72-62
Total points	134	134
Winners	26	26
%Winners	36%	36%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	36/60	36/60
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	26/36	26/36
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	14/24	14/24
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/11	4/11
Converted %	36%	36%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	5/7	5
Saved %	71%	71%
Times Broken	2	2

Gobat
	Q1 Karlovskiy	Q3 Broska	R1 Jubb	Total
Score	4-6 6-3 6-4	6-3 3-6 6-4	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	29	28	19	76
pts	91-88	92-86	67-54	250-228
Total points	179	178	121	478
Winners	32	43	30	105
%Winners	35%	47%	45%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	2	6	13
Double Faults	4	3	1	8
1st in	50/92	62/102	38/64	150/258
% 1st in	54%	61%	59%	58%
1st pts	32/50	43/62	30/38	105/150
% 1st pts	64%	69%	79%	70%
2nd pts	27/42	21/40	13/26	61/108
% 2nd pts	64%	53%	50%	56%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	9
Converted	3/10	3/4	3/8	9/22
Converted %	30%	75%	38%	41%
Conceded	5	11	5	21
Saved	3/5	9/11	4/5	16
Saved %	60%	82%	80%	222%
Times Broken	2	2	1	5

Tennis Scores in Cherbourg Challenger

• Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Patrick ZahrajZahraj – Mae MaligeMalige (4-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Arthur BouquierBouquier (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelle SelsSels – Adrien GobatGobat (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (2-3) – H2H and prediction